Fly-trap.



No. 705,959. Patented July 29. |902.

E. POTTER.

FLY TRAP.

(Application `Bled Nov. 20, 1901.)

(No Model.)

W accom? UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDsoN PorrEafoE GEEENSBURG, INDIANA.

SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent No. 705,959, dated July 29,1902.

Application mea N'ovemberzo, 19,01. sesamo. 83.063. (Nomad.)

To all whom t 111,04/ concern.:

Be it known that I, EDsoN POTTER, a citizen' of the United States,residing atand whose post-oiice address is Greensburg, in the county ofDecatur and State of Indiana, have invented new and useful Improvementsin Fly-Traps, of which the following is a specia ication.

My invention relates to fly-traps, andinore` particularly to iiy-trapattachmentsfor window and door screens.

The object of the invention is to provide an be fully describedhereinafter in connection with the accompanying,- drawings, which formpart of this specification, and its novel features will be defined inthe appended claims.'

In the` drawings, Figure 1 is aview inperspective' of a portion of awindow or door screen with my improvement applied thereto. Fig. 2 is ahorizontal-section ofthe same, and Fig. 3 isa horizontal section of thewindow or door screen and atop view of the means for connecting theauxiliary'trap` to the screen. The reference -numeral 1 designates theframe of the screen, and 2 the wire netting or screen proper, formedwith an opening to receive securing means which carries a cone 3 ofwire-netting, the base of the cone being attached to a ring 4, servingas a flange to retain the cone 'wit-hin lthe securing means. Thesecuring means comprises a grooved collar 6, having forwardly anddownwardly projecting portions 6 and 7, respectively. `Thedownwardly-`projecting portion 7 forms an annular flange in which thering 4., carrying the cone 3, is secured. The collar 5 is adapted to fitwithin the opening in the screen 2 and is held therein by a washer ttingwithin the groove and clamping the screen between the Washer and theiiange 6, thereby securing the cone 3 to the screen. The apex' of thecone is formed with an opening 9, through which iies escape.-

' lO designates a semispherical auxiliary trap of `wire-netting, havingsecured thereto an annular grooved iiange 11, carrying withinits groovea disk 12, closing said trap, and provided with an opening to receive agrooved 'collar V13, having an outwardlyprojecting Vflange 14.

The cone 3 is adapted to extend within the opening in thedisk 12 intothe auxiliarytrap 10, and said trap is secured to the cone through themedium of inwardly-projecting lugs 14a, secured upon the inner face ofthe iiange v15 to engage bayonetslots 16, formed in the 4slight turn isconnected or disconnected by means of the bayonet-s101516 and lug 15.

By the meansthus described, and shown in the drawings, the room may bespeedily freed from `iiies and their return effectually pre vented.

1. The combinationpw'ith a screen formed with an opening,'of al groovedcollar having an annular iange and fitting in said opening, a conehaving an opening in its apex, and a flange secured to said cone adaptedto fit in said annular flange to secure the cone to the screen.

2. The combination with a screen formed with an opening, of a groovedcollar having an annular flange and fitting in the opening, said iiangebeing provided with bayone'taslots, a cone having an opening in itsapex, aiiange secured to said cone adapted to lit in said an-A nularange to secure the cone tothe screen, a trap, a iiange secured to saidtrap, and lugs upon the lastementioned iiange adapted to ena gage saidbayonet-slots.

3. The combination with a trap, of a grooved flange secured to the baseof said trap, a disk having au opening and itting in said groove toclose the bottom of said trap, and a cone fitting in said opening.

i-I The' combination with a screen formed IOO opening, a lugvnpon saidange to engage a Id bayonet-joint in said st-mentioned ange.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence Of two Witnesses.

EDSON POTTER.

Vitnesses:

RUFUS P. HAMILTON, GEORGE M. THOMPSON.

